FOOTBALL: If scholarship available, recruit from Crespi can enroll in June.

UCLA recruit Kevin Prince told football coach Rick Neuheisel he has agreed to enroll in school early, the Crespi of Encino quarterback said Thursday.

The Daily News reported last month that the school had asked Prince, who wasn’t scheduled to begin attending UCLA until January, to enroll early because of recent injuries to quarterbacks Ben Olson and Pat Cowan.

However, it’s not official that Prince will actually enroll early.

Prince, recovering from reconstructive knee surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, said he could start taking classes in June, but UCLA needs to check its scholarship situation to make sure one is available.

“That’s definitely what I want to do now,” Prince said. “I don’t want to wait anymore. Whether I do (enroll early) or not, I’m preparing to. I talked to coach Neuheisel about it. He was the one who brought it up. He just wants to make sure they have the right amount of scholarships.”

Football programs are allowed a maximum of 85 scholarships, and it’s unclear how many UCLA still has available. A UCLA official said the school is not over the maximum 25new scholarships per year.

The school is in the process of figuring out its scholarship allotment for next season. It reportedly offered a junior college offensive lineman a scholarship.

Prince said he’s been cleared by doctors to attend camp in August and he has been going through his last stages of rehabilitation. If he enrolls early, Prince said he’ll leave his role up to the coaches.

“It’s whatever they want me to do,” Prince said. “I don’t know if they would want me to start competing right away or not. Obviously, my goal is to be the starter, but whatever the coaches choose for me to do, that’s what I’ll choose to do to the best of my ability.”